Robbie Williams forming a new band 25 years after quitting Take That
ROBBIE WILLIAMS will soon have bandmates again, 25 years after he quit Take That.
But this time it won’t be Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen.
The Rock DJ singer has revealed he is planning on starting a new band with a pair of Aussie songwriters and producers and they already have songs to release — though they are yet to come up with a name.
Robbie said: “Little project that I’ve got going on with a couple of friends of mine, Flynn Francis and Tim Metcalfe. We’re forming a band everyone.
“I’ve got songs coming out that will not be under the name of Robbie Williams.”
They won’t be doing straightforward shows, though, as instead Robbie wants to throw raves in venues which he’ll deck out with artwork he produced during lockdown.
Speaking on Instagram Live, he continued: “I’m gonna do this thing with my friends. Form a band and what I’m gonna do is rent a space, put my art in there. During the day it’ll be a gallery.
“Then at night I shall be DJing and it will be a musical venue, something the old folks will call a rave.
“I’ll be on the espressos. Oh yes I will. Quadruple espresso. Doing it old school.
“I’m very, very excited about this. I want to do it in Berlin. I also want to do it in Tokyo. I wanna do it in several places. Be fun won’t it?
“It’s one of them things, it’s a passion proj- ect. If some thing hap-pens then great, if not, I’ve just had fun.”
The tracks from his new band aren’t the only ones Rob has teased this year. In June he confirmed he had been writing music with his former bandmate Gary via Zoom.
But he also said there was more solo music on the way, having penned more than 50 songs in lockdown, some with wife Ayda
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Robbie returned to music last year with his festive album The Christmas Present and last month he released another seasonal track, Can’t Stop Christmas, which is sure to be a good little earner.
Not many people have the money to fritter away on ideas like Rob- bie’s but as he has shifted a ton of records and gig tickets over the years, I reckon he can afford it.
KIM’S A BIT TWO FACED
I’M used to seeing Kim Kardashian as the face of different products, but this dress is something else.
The reality star slipped into the outfit printed with her own mug at a shoot for her latest make-up collection.
Sharing the picture on Instagram, Kim commented “Loved this day!” before proceeding to babble on about her purple eyeliner – and making zero reference to her egotistical outfit choice.
She said: “Fun fact . . . my room growing up was all lavender, and purple has always been such a pretty colour to me. That’s why I wanted my birthday collection to have the prettiest purple palette.”
I would quibble with the use of “fun” there.
Kim moved on from “face dress” to FaceTime by sharing clips of her sister Kylie Jenner prank calling celebs including Justin Bieber, comedian Dave Chappelle and Khloe Kardashian’s on/off boyfriend Tristan Thompson, only for them to be met with video of the entire Kardashian clan sitting silently.
Their confused and creeped-out reactions mirrored mine when I first saw Kim’s dress.
ALL IN THE MIX
PERRIE EDWARDS says Little Mix are refusing to plan for next year while uncertainty remains over their future due to Jesy Nelson’s extended break.
The girls had been set to go on tour in April, but with Jesy taking time out and venues still closed, Perrie admits she has no idea what 2021 has in store for the band.
Asked what she, Jesy, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock have lined up, she said: “Take every day as it comes. At this point we’re scared to plan because everything we have planned has gone t*ts up.
“We’re past the point of doing that. We’re just going to see what happens.”
JESS KNOWS HOW
WE may be entering a cold snap, but Jess Glynne has already had her fill of festive snow.
She dances around in the white stuff in the video for her Amazon Original single This Christmas.
In the vid, which is out today, one man is knitting a massive “F*** COVID” scarf, which is now being raffled to raise money for charity Jewish Care.
As well as raising cash for good causes, Jess had some fun on set by dressing up as a delivery driver, housewife and glamorous partygoer.
Sounds like a hoot.
RUDIMENTAL ARE CHASING F1 LEWIS
RUDIMENTAL have worked with Ed Sheeran, Anne-Marie and James Arthur – and now Lewis Hamilton is in their sights.
On the possibility of recording with the Formula One legend, who has released music under the name XDNA, band member Kesi Dryden said: “I would love to see him in the studio. He’s one of those people that seems to throw himself into things and does everything to perfection.”
In an exclusive chat, Piers Aggett continued: “If he wants to go into music he must have some talent. I’ll be open to hearing what he’s got.”
The drum ’n’ bass band recently got a taste of Lewis’s life in the fast lane when they partnered with E-cig brand Vuse and McLaren for a four-part YouTube series, which finishes with a performance from the band next Friday.
But lockdown life wasn’t quite as adren- alin filled for Piers, who said: “I nailed hum- mus. I am the best hummus maker in East London.
He added: “I bonded with my son. I’ve been grateful having that moment with my family this year.”
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AL’S POTTER GOLD
HE was worth £12million but that didn’t stop screen legend Alan Rickman swiping Harry Potter props and selling them on eBay.
His co-star Maggie Smith claims the Professor Snape actor, who died from cancer in 2016, was a Robin Hood-type figure who would take stuff from the set of the boy wizard films, flog it, then give the money to charity.
In For One Knight Only, an online chat with fellow dames and knights including Judi Dench and Ian McKellen to raise charity cash, Maggie said: “I so wanted to take things from Harry Potter but they frisked you at the studio just in case you got a goblet or two.
“Alan Rickman used to take things and put them on eBay and make masses of money for the same reason we’re doing.”
The actress, who played Professor McGonagall, add-ed: “They all adored him so much they would’ve let him take the whole set.”
What a lovely chap.
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